Includes index.

Contents:Children, parenting and you: Growing with children -- Living in families -- Effective parenting skills -- Teen pregnancy and parenthood -- Pregnancy and parenthood: Prenatal development -- Preparing for birth -- The baby's arrival -- The baby's first year : Physical development during the first year -- Emotional and social development during the first year -- The child for one to three : Physical developmetn from one to three -- Emotional and social development form one to three -- Intellectual development formone to three -- The child from four to six : Physical development from four to six -- Emotional and social deelopement form four to six -- Intellectual developement from four to six -- Special areas of study: Health and safety -- Special challenges from children -- Caring challenges for children -- Caring for children -- Careers relating to children